Director
Shinobu Yaguchi
59 years · Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan · 23 films
Shinobu Yaguchi is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He specializes in feel-good "zero to hero" films, where a group of people take up an unlikely activity, face a number of obstacles, but finally succeed.[citation needed] His film Waterboys was particularly successful and led to a TV series which entered its third season in 2005. He was awarded Best Screenplay at the 2005 Yokohama Film Festival for his film Swing Girls.
Best known for
Filmography 23
Dollhouse
2025 · Director, Screenplay
Dance with Me
2019 · Writer, Director
Survival Family
2017 · Director, Screenplay
Wood Job!
2014 · Director, Screenplay
Robo-G
2012 · Director, Screenplay
Happy Flight
2008 · Director, Writer
Tokyo Rhapsody
2007 · Director
SWING GIRLS First & Last Concert
2005 · Shinobu Yaguchi
Swing Girls
2004 · Director, Screenplay
Parco Fiction
2002 · Director, Writer
Waterboys
2001 · Director, Screenplay
School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special
2001 · Director
The Whispered City
2000 · 達也の友人
School Ghost Story: Curse Special
2000 · Director, Writer
One Piece! 水玉 COLLECTION
1999 · Director
School Ghost Story: Spring Haunting Special
1999 · Director, Writer
Weathering the Storms
1999 · Writer
Adrenaline Drive
1999 · Director, Writer
French Dressing
1998 · Convenience Store Employee
My Secret Cache
1997 · Director, Writer
Birdwatching
1996 · Director
Down the Drain
1993 · Director, Screenplay
The Rain Women
1990 · Director, Writer